Secondary schools in Middlesbrough
11 secondary schools in Middlesbrough, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Middlesbrough in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Middlesbrough first 2,190 times for 2,225 places: 0.98 first choices per place. 4 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.55 miles (Acklam Grange School) to 1.51 miles (The King's Academy).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Acklam Grange School
- Macmillan Academy
- Outwood Academy Acklam
- Outwood Academy Riverside
- St Peter's Catholic College
- Lift Unity City
- Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form
- Outwood Academy Normanby
- Outwood Academy Ormesby
- The King's Academy
- Trinity Catholic College
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